DEL MAR–Work crews have reopened the northbound lanes of Jimmy Durante Boulevard on Wednesday after a bluff slide closed the roadway for more than five weeks.
The busy road reopened just in time for the opening of San Diego County Fair on Friday.
The April 21 bluff failure buried about 100 feet of sidewalk, bike lane and a traffic lane beneath a three- to five-foot layer of soil and vegetation. The slope failure involved city-owned property and private property on Seaview Avenue.
The City of Del Mar built a temporary, 120-foot-long retaining wall adjacent to the steep slope. A permanent retaining wall, most likely made of wood, has yet to be designed. It will employ the same I-beam pilings that support steel plating installed over the weekend.
